3KA4

Frog M-ferritin with cobalt


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.40 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.174 
  • R-Value Work: 0.147 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.149 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Moving Metal Ions through Ferritin-Protein Nanocages from Three-Fold Pores to Catalytic Sites.

Tosha, T.Ng, H.L.Bhattasali, O.Alber, T.Theil, E.C.

(2010) J Am Chem Soc 132: 14562-14569

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ja105583d
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3KA3, 3KA4, 3KA6, 3KA8

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Ferritin nanocages synthesize ferric oxide minerals, containing hundreds to thousands of Fe(III) diferric oxo/hydroxo complexes, by reactions of Fe(II) ions with O(2) at multiple di-iron catalytic centers. Ferric-oxy multimers, tetramers, and/or larger mineral nuclei form during postcatalytic transit through the protein cage, and mineral accretion occurs in the central cavity. We determined how Fe(II) substrates can access catalytic sites using frog M ferritins, active and inactivated by ligand substitution, crystallized with 2.0 M Mg(II) ± 0.1 M Co(II) for Co(II)-selective sites. Co(II) inhibited Fe(II) oxidation. High-resolution (<1.5 Å) crystal structures show (1) a line of metal ions, 15 Å long, which penetrates the cage and defines ion channels and internal pores to the nanocavity that link external pores to the cage interior, (2) metal ions near negatively charged residues at the channel exits and along the inner cavity surface that model Fe(II) transit to active sites, and (3) alternate side-chain conformations, absent in ferritins with catalysis eliminated by amino acid substitution, which support current models of protein dynamics and explain changes in Fe-Fe distances observed during catalysis. The new structural data identify a ∼27-Å path Fe(II) ions can follow through ferritin entry channels between external pores and the central cavity and along the cavity surface to the active sites where mineral synthesis begins. This "bucket brigade" for Fe(II) ion access to the ferritin catalytic sites not only increases understanding of biological nanomineral synthesis but also reveals unexpected design principles for protein cage-based catalysts and nanomaterials.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Council on Bioiron at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, 5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland, California 94609, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Ferritin, middle subunit176Aquarana catesbeianaMutation(s): 0 
EC: 1.16.3.1
UniProt
Find proteins for P07798 (Aquarana catesbeiana)
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UniProt GroupP07798
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 3 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
CO
Query on CO

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B [auth A]
C [auth A]
D [auth A]
E [auth A]
F [auth A]
B [auth A],
C [auth A],
D [auth A],
E [auth A],
F [auth A],
G [auth A],
H [auth A],
I [auth A]
COBALT (II) ION
Co
XLJKHNWPARRRJB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CL
Query on CL

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J [auth A]
O [auth A]
P [auth A]
Q [auth A]
R [auth A]
J [auth A],
O [auth A],
P [auth A],
Q [auth A],
R [auth A],
S [auth A],
T [auth A],
U [auth A]
CHLORIDE ION
Cl
VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M
MG
Query on MG

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K [auth A]
L [auth A]
M [auth A]
N [auth A]
V [auth A]
K [auth A],
L [auth A],
M [auth A],
N [auth A],
V [auth A],
W [auth A]
MAGNESIUM ION
Mg
JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.40 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.174 
  • R-Value Work: 0.147 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.149 
  • Space Group: F 4 3 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 183.765α = 90
b = 183.765β = 90
c = 183.765γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHASERphasing
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
ADSCdata collection
MOSFLMdata reduction
SCALAdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2010-10-06
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2023-09-06
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description